How can good study habits set someone up for a successful career? Learners explore the relationship between study skills and job skills in the fourth installment of a five-part college and career readiness lesson plan series. The group brainstorms a list of good study habits, then select and discuss those they feel are the most important and relevant in the career world.

Concepts

time management, priorities, career planning, career readiness, career skills, goal setting, life skills, organizational skills, writing sentences, brainstorming

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Additional Tags

college and career readiness

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Instructional Ideas

• Open the lesson by asking the class what skills they think you have that make you a successful teacher
• Have individuals talk to adults in their families to learn more about the time management skills needed to balance work and life
  

Classroom Considerations

• Students may need a little extra guidance in terms of choosing study skills they feel would work in a career
  

Pros

• Easy to assess either verbally or with written work, which gives pupils options of how to show what they know
• Working toward consensus within a group helps build interpersonal skills
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.5.1 RI.5.2 RI.5.9 W.5.2.a W.5.4 SL.5.1.a SL.5.2 SL.5.3 SL.5.4 SL.5.5 L.5.2.a